Glossary entry

English term or phrase:

aphantasia

French translation:

Aphantasie

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English term

aphantasia

GBK English to French Medical Medical (general)
Definition from Merriam-Webster:
The inability to form mental images of real or imaginary people, places, or things.
Example sentences:
The former president of Pixar and Walt Disney Animation Studios says he has a "blind mind's eye". Ed Catmull, 74, has the condition aphantasia, in which people cannot visualise mental images at all. And in a surprising survey of his former employees, so do some of the world's best animators. (BBC)
Aphantasia, a term coined by Adam Zeman, a neurologist and professor of cognitive and behavioural neurology at Exeter University Medical School, describes people who are unable to visualise. It affects some 2 to 3 per cent of the population, or around 2million people in the UK. (Daily Mail)
Proposed translations (French)
5 +3 Aphantasie
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Aphantasie

Definition from Reddit.com:
Condition dans laquelle un individu est incapable d'imaginer mentalement des images
Example sentences:
Ces chercheurs ont baptisé ce trouble aphantasie. (Le Monde)
Peer comment(s):

agree Bertrand Leduc
12 mins
Merci
agree Lorraine Dubuc : https://www.vice.com/fr/article/ezbn47/l-aphantasie-cette-et...
19 mins
merci
agree Maïté Mendiondo-George
21 hrs
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